DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 17 -- DEAR Parents, let us start with a gentle reminder: Your childs school bag is not a campaign billboard, their lunchbox is not for storing campaign flyers, and no, your teenagers “special talent” for dancing is not needed at political rallies this term. What is needed? Their full-time job as a student.

Now that schools have reopened across the country, the real campaign every parent should be invested in is Team Education 2025. This is the campaign with no slogans, no convoy dust, but the highest stakes: your childs future.

Again, let us face it, our kids are clever. This time when they come home saying, “Mama, I was selected to sing at the honourables campaign rally,” or “Baba, Im ...